Two and a Half

Annalise is 2 1/2 today, so we defrosted our half cake and got decorating :)

Originally, when I asked Annalise what she color she wanted the cake to be she said she wanted a "pink cake". What should be on it? "Candles!" I kept asking her for specifics and she finally decided on "pink cars" (???) we morphed that around to a cake themed on Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go, because she LOVES Goldbug.

Here is Goldbug, he shows up just about everywhere!If you are familiar with the book, you'll notice the "5-seater pencil car" above Goldbug's pink car. We also had Mistress Mouse's pink tow truck.

Annalise at 2 1/2. Two and a half seems to be a big step towards becoming a kid. I notice things about her all the time that seem less baby-ish than before. She still has a lot of baby to work out (our last potty training attempt ultimately had me crying "Uncle!") but it is a lot less baby than 2.